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department of the navy. our fifth panelist is lieutenant general dana chipman, judge advocate general with the is department of the army. under six panelist is major general von ari, staff judge advocate to the commandant of the marine corps. welcome. thank you for being here. general patton, please proceed. >> on behalf of the secretary, it is my honor to share with you -- >> general, it might interrupt. i have to swear you all in. although i trust the uniform, our procedure does require that we ask you all to please swear or affirm that the information you're about to receive provide to us and we're about to receive from you is true and accurate, to the best of your knowledge, information and belief, is that correct? so we will put you time back on. go ahead. >> thank you, sir. chairman castro and members of the commission, on behalf of secretary defends olympic have it's my honor to share with you to departments approach in combating sexual assault and armed forces. let me just first day the secretary of
department of the navy. our fifth panelist is lieutenant general dana chipman, judge advocate general with the is department of the army. under six panelist is major general von ari, staff judge advocate to the commandant of the marine corps. welcome. thank you for being here. general patton, please proceed. >> on behalf of the secretary, it is my honor to share with you -- >> general, it might interrupt. i have to swear you all in. although i trust the uniform, our procedure does...
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navy fighter pilot -- i don't hold that against him. flew many years as an airline pilot, very knowledgeable. fought for everything that was right. he served with me on, i believe we served on the transportation committee. jerry costello, there's no more class guy anywhere than jerry. he's going back to illinois. we're going to really miss him. miss his work here and miss his friendship. glenn woosley, is glenn here yet? she's not here. brad miller of north carolina. brad and i have gone at it several times. i've learned something from him, several things. .. >> hansen, who was, we did lunch together and he was a great guy. it's an honor to serve on this committee with all of you. your dedication, experience and wisdom will be deeply missed by this congress and the next congress. but no matter what they go to next there will always be friends and colleagues, and i was look for to sing them back. we've asked bob walker to testify here today. and ms. johnson, again, i thank you. thank you for yielding back. at this time i'd like to introd
navy fighter pilot -- i don't hold that against him. flew many years as an airline pilot, very knowledgeable. fought for everything that was right. he served with me on, i believe we served on the transportation committee. jerry costello, there's no more class guy anywhere than jerry. he's going back to illinois. we're going to really miss him. miss his work here and miss his friendship. glenn woosley, is glenn here yet? she's not here. brad miller of north carolina. brad and i have gone at it...
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that's where the navy is to the, or -- is today, or at least the high-end navy. so it's not part of our, you know, i mean, again, we are happy to look the other way, but it just shows you that with the limited overall size of our force today and the limited amount of military resource we have, we are not fully resourcing afghanistan or doing any of the other things that perhaps we should be doing or ought to at least be able to do across the greater middle east. neither are we switching, pivoting to the pacific. okay? so when you only have, you know, a single chip to play, that iranian danger actually rises to the top in many ways above all other military contingencies. >> it was interesting to me that john kerry in his hearings last week, in his prepared statement underscored very aggressively the notion that the president did not want a containment option for iran but, in fact, wanted to see the program ended. interesting because there's nothing in our policy, of course, that underpins that statement. so it was a little bit of a disconnect from reality. i like
that's where the navy is to the, or -- is today, or at least the high-end navy. so it's not part of our, you know, i mean, again, we are happy to look the other way, but it just shows you that with the limited overall size of our force today and the limited amount of military resource we have, we are not fully resourcing afghanistan or doing any of the other things that perhaps we should be doing or ought to at least be able to do across the greater middle east. neither are we switching,...
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i did this for john chafee when he was secretary of the navy. i ditto for john warner when he was secretary of the navy and i emphasize strongly with the people who handle our casework what an important job it was they were doing. in the time we have been in the senate, our staff has resolved more than 40000 personal cases. more than 40000 people who have not known in many cases even how to approach their government have received personal assistance to help them solve other problems in their lives. in fact come andrea trotter, deborah lawson, quinn said to each one of them result in more than three dozen cases during the time i have been in the senate. on legislative and political issues, i would say that when i came to the united states senate i admit thomas says on the campaign trail and we kept those promises. the greatest achievements in my view during this term were made right out of our office, not because they're responding to the suggestions of some committee work or from the executive branch saying they wanted something, but because we
i did this for john chafee when he was secretary of the navy. i ditto for john warner when he was secretary of the navy and i emphasize strongly with the people who handle our casework what an important job it was they were doing. in the time we have been in the senate, our staff has resolved more than 40000 personal cases. more than 40000 people who have not known in many cases even how to approach their government have received personal assistance to help them solve other problems in their...
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navy reserves. and a u.s. federal judge of cuban-american descent made a very harsh statement in miami toward the prosecutors for them putting a child, now an adult, now a veteran, having served both the army and the navy, with a top-secret clearance, putting them -- putting that bohemian, now adult, in jail. this is how ridiculous the system has gotten. and this senator had to intervene in this case, and once we raised enough cane, finally people came to their senses and said, what is the common sense thing to do? well, the commonsense thing now for us to do is all to pass a comprehensive immigration reform law. and hopefully that's going to occur. now, the question is, though, what's going to happen at the other end of the hall, down there in the house of representatives? because there are a lot of people down there that haven't changed their attitude in the other party since the election. they still are expressing that they don't want anything but deportation. i think we're just going to have to use common
navy reserves. and a u.s. federal judge of cuban-american descent made a very harsh statement in miami toward the prosecutors for them putting a child, now an adult, now a veteran, having served both the army and the navy, with a top-secret clearance, putting them -- putting that bohemian, now adult, in jail. this is how ridiculous the system has gotten. and this senator had to intervene in this case, and once we raised enough cane, finally people came to their senses and said, what is the...
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he served two tours as a navy lieutenant in the jungles and rivers in vietnam. he was awarded the silver star for his gallantry, a bronze star for valor also, and three purple hearts. but even after his service in the war, his opposition continued. on april 22, 1971, senator kerry became the first vietnam veteran to testify before congress about the war, when he appeared before the senate foreign relations committee, which was chaired by the famous senator fulbright, a committee that he would later chair, it was a remarkable appearance. ihe was the first veteran to testify. he went on to attend boston college school of law. he worked as a prosecutor in middlesex county before elected to lieutenant governor in 1982. but just two years later he was elected to the united states senate. he served in the senate for five terms. he's had -- he's always been an unflinching advocate for veterans. he helped found the vietnam veterans for america. he's helped to secure treatment for service members dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder. he's deserved six years in the
he served two tours as a navy lieutenant in the jungles and rivers in vietnam. he was awarded the silver star for his gallantry, a bronze star for valor also, and three purple hearts. but even after his service in the war, his opposition continued. on april 22, 1971, senator kerry became the first vietnam veteran to testify before congress about the war, when he appeared before the senate foreign relations committee, which was chaired by the famous senator fulbright, a committee that he would...
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not just navy but army air force, navy marine corps. they were part of the mix that assisted in japan during the very large disaster. i think it would be highly unusual to see a lack of disaster response from not just the united states military, but the military of the world. this has become such a central focus in our training, such a central focus in the way in which we're conducting others, there has been work with ngo beyond precedent since 2004 where we learned a great many lessons from the large tsunami in the southeast asia and south asia region. so this is very much our core business. but, you know, can budgets have an impact on the degree of mobility of our military, and the answer is certainly. but again, as part of our core business, i think you see a great effort to respond should natural disasters or when natural disasters continue. >> the next question what the current status of the fukushima nuclear plant? >> the immediate task has been to stablize the situation. -- [inaudible] in that particular aspect. but this is going
not just navy but army air force, navy marine corps. they were part of the mix that assisted in japan during the very large disaster. i think it would be highly unusual to see a lack of disaster response from not just the united states military, but the military of the world. this has become such a central focus in our training, such a central focus in the way in which we're conducting others, there has been work with ngo beyond precedent since 2004 where we learned a great many lessons from...
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navy. and guess what, they are actually in a coalition with the bills and many other organizations that train high school dropouts, inner-city kids working together for the last four years to say how do we change from how do we improve, and the national leadership of the building trade has gone across 350 cities in the u.s., tried to convince the locals that the need to change. and the need to have a new vision about how to grow the labor movement. that's encouraging to me. and i think that we have to do that kind of work reaching across not writing people off. if anybody is justified in writing off, white construction workers who spend 100 years. people like me would be justified in writing those people off. i'm not writing them off because in order to change america, i need them and i want them to understand the need me, too and i think that we have to proceed like that. i've been on the street and the demonstrations. i personally don't like the riots because i saw what comes after. if yo
navy. and guess what, they are actually in a coalition with the bills and many other organizations that train high school dropouts, inner-city kids working together for the last four years to say how do we change from how do we improve, and the national leadership of the building trade has gone across 350 cities in the u.s., tried to convince the locals that the need to change. and the need to have a new vision about how to grow the labor movement. that's encouraging to me. and i think that we...
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but don't persuade an army general to give money to the navy. it doesn't work. >> i want to give each of you a chance, is there anything you want to respond to what the other folks said about those questions? i'll just cycle back through. >> i'll pass for now. >> likewise. >> okay. well, let's turn it over to the audience to hear from you. any questions? >> i'll grab -- not what they said, but i think it's important to note two things that were, i observed in bob hale's comments that are, i think, missing in most of the discussions in public. point number one, and i don't -- he didn't give us the exact numbers, but i know they're huge -- if the defense budget were to just increase with the cost of inflation plus 1%, defense programs would be cut every year because the growth in health care costs would, in particular, and other operational costs which he referred to which he's trying to control and contain but with difficulty even with controlling and containing, those are going to grow. so in terms of, if you like, real military capability our r
but don't persuade an army general to give money to the navy. it doesn't work. >> i want to give each of you a chance, is there anything you want to respond to what the other folks said about those questions? i'll just cycle back through. >> i'll pass for now. >> likewise. >> okay. well, let's turn it over to the audience to hear from you. any questions? >> i'll grab -- not what they said, but i think it's important to note two things that were, i observed in bob...
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navy serving of her years in the u.s. navy she landed the greatest to human progress in the words that we've always done this way to the weekend afford to keep doing it this way not with a 50 billion-dollar measure that money is actually for the emergency, underline the word emergency. i've never seen any that didn't have anything other than the direct supplemental and i agree with you in that regard. i would like to see a stand alone and in the appropriate. >> we knew you were coming back and we waited for you. does anyone have a question? to be here for this important hearing for the contribution in that hearing for representing the people that you do with the ideas that you do and of course we want to thank you for your reaching out to me on behalf of your state and your constituents , and i hope that this hearing produced a result that you feel like you are able to represent people and make a point and we appreciate each of you for taking time to be here today to visit you are now excused. >> we will call up the next
navy serving of her years in the u.s. navy she landed the greatest to human progress in the words that we've always done this way to the weekend afford to keep doing it this way not with a 50 billion-dollar measure that money is actually for the emergency, underline the word emergency. i've never seen any that didn't have anything other than the direct supplemental and i agree with you in that regard. i would like to see a stand alone and in the appropriate. >> we knew you were coming...
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we all understand the value of the joint capabilities, which the air force, the navy and army bring to the joint team and the importance of that to coalition operations in all of its dimensions. we need all of these parts to bring together the world's finest military capability. the issue is capacity and how much of it will we have? you can see with the air force will look like now and 2020, in terms of new capabilities coming in. the tanker will be fielded and the f-35 will be fielded and we will be well along in the development of the bomber program. we will have developed further in the cyber areas for examples so you can see based on our priorities and the dollars that are needed and the investment now when these capabilities will deliver. so i think in terms of new capabilities coming in, you see some of what the future air force will look like. the underlying issue is size and overall capacity of the armed forces. [inaudible] >> as i tried to articulate in an op-ed earlier this week i think there are questions about how much smaller the air force can go in some of these areas wit
we all understand the value of the joint capabilities, which the air force, the navy and army bring to the joint team and the importance of that to coalition operations in all of its dimensions. we need all of these parts to bring together the world's finest military capability. the issue is capacity and how much of it will we have? you can see with the air force will look like now and 2020, in terms of new capabilities coming in. the tanker will be fielded and the f-35 will be fielded and we...
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a team of experts and some mobile training team they take that to every ship and element within the navy to export that training and was driven by a number of scenarios are you going to do as the captain of the ship when this happens on your ship and then talking through the serious issues and so forth associated with that. so we have some really aggressive assessment programs in place for the training site. shifting gears a little bit to answer the question how do we then codify that? we standardize it in policy, and so the corps learning objectives that we've identified that work best and best practices carper all the services will be codified in a policy the secretary of defense is promulgating across the department fox will be the standard score learning objectives and competencies' for all pre-commander training. >> you will be measuring and evaluating each and every one of the initiatives these leaders have delineated and you are going to be making an assessment of which are more successful than which and putting those four were in uniform standards of some kind? >> no, no, that's
a team of experts and some mobile training team they take that to every ship and element within the navy to export that training and was driven by a number of scenarios are you going to do as the captain of the ship when this happens on your ship and then talking through the serious issues and so forth associated with that. so we have some really aggressive assessment programs in place for the training site. shifting gears a little bit to answer the question how do we then codify that? we...
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colleagues already know but it always bears repeating -- after volunteering to serve in the united states navy during the vietnam war, john kerry was rewarded the silver star, a bronze star and three purposal hearts. upon returning home, he became a national leader in the fight for justice for veterans who served beside him in vietnam as well as veterans for wars before and since vietnam. he joined with others to found the vietnam veterans of america organization. he has worked hard here in the senate over all these years to secure veterans' benefits for an extension of the g.i. bill of rights for higher education, for appropriate treatment for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder. as we all know, senator kerry has played a leading role in shaping american foreign policy for many years in his position on the foreign relations committee and as chair of that distinguished committee. as chair of that, he was instrumental in securing passage of the new start treaty, an arms control accord with russia that is helping to reduce the danger of nuclear proliferation. he has served as a trusted s
colleagues already know but it always bears repeating -- after volunteering to serve in the united states navy during the vietnam war, john kerry was rewarded the silver star, a bronze star and three purposal hearts. upon returning home, he became a national leader in the fight for justice for veterans who served beside him in vietnam as well as veterans for wars before and since vietnam. he joined with others to found the vietnam veterans of america organization. he has worked hard here in the...
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norfolk naval air station and naval base on the southern end of the chesapeake bay is the navy's largest supply center and home to the u.s. at l.a.n. stick fleet. egeland amps force is the largest in the world. both bases are threatened by rising sees cease. the so sans are rising because they are getting warm ir. water expands as it warmth warmer seas also threaten multibillion-dollar maritime industries here in our country, industries like fishing and tourism. when water is too warm it stresses fish, coral, and other sea life. as said, the winter flounder catch in rhode island has been crushed by warming water. when water is too warm, it can't be used for cooling power plants. that's what caused last summer's shutdown of unit 2 at the mil millstone power plant in connecticut. the temperature of the water in long island sound climbed to over 75 degrees fahrenheit, too warm to cool a nuclear reactor. carbon dioxide, of course, doesn't just warm the atmosphere and warm the a shops; car boon dioxide also gets absorbed into the owe shafnls the oceans become more acidic. carbon pollution lik
norfolk naval air station and naval base on the southern end of the chesapeake bay is the navy's largest supply center and home to the u.s. at l.a.n. stick fleet. egeland amps force is the largest in the world. both bases are threatened by rising sees cease. the so sans are rising because they are getting warm ir. water expands as it warmth warmer seas also threaten multibillion-dollar maritime industries here in our country, industries like fishing and tourism. when water is too warm it...
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and i'm curious, before you begin work in nuclear power, of course, you've been a commander in the navy who responded to a lot of disasters. and i'm curious of you, what made this one different? >> thank you, jon. i think first and foremost, the magnitude of this particular disaster, disasters are not uncommon. man-made or natural. and in charge of u.s. pacific command with responsibilities from the west coast to the united states to the midpoint of the indian ocean we were responding to disasters more or less on average once every eight weeks. and there are volcanoes, mudslides, tsunami, typhoons, cyclones, vast. and you heard the referral to the 2004 tsunami that emanated from earthquake south of indonesia and killed over 200,000 people. but the magnitude of what occurred off the coast of on shoe was unprecedented in any of our experience. it was an earthquake that was once in our imagination, and hundreds of aftershocks. it wasn't one tsunami. it was seven ways, and the one that struck fukushima daiichi was 50 feet high. and as a consequence, series of nuclear reactor accidents that
and i'm curious, before you begin work in nuclear power, of course, you've been a commander in the navy who responded to a lot of disasters. and i'm curious of you, what made this one different? >> thank you, jon. i think first and foremost, the magnitude of this particular disaster, disasters are not uncommon. man-made or natural. and in charge of u.s. pacific command with responsibilities from the west coast to the united states to the midpoint of the indian ocean we were responding to...
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so division one will be led by the army, division two by the marines, division three by the navy, division four by the air force and division five by a mixture of the coast guard and the merchant marines. and, essentially, it's comprised of military bands, service elements that represent the active, reserve and national guard components and then followed by various civilian, um, groups that have applied to be included in the parade. along the entire parade route is a military cordone. that is comprised of approximately 1500 service members from all services. for the activities at the capitol, we have approximately 80 military service members there -- 800 military service members there performing various functions from the presidential escort to bands to the herald trumpets, the presidential salute battery as well as ushers and military assistants. i'll turn it back over to you. >> [inaudible] >> sure. it's michelle with two ls, middle initial l. and then roberts. >> [inaudible] >> i'm army. >> thank you. and colonel roberts really, um, you know, did not give the jtf enough credit for the w
so division one will be led by the army, division two by the marines, division three by the navy, division four by the air force and division five by a mixture of the coast guard and the merchant marines. and, essentially, it's comprised of military bands, service elements that represent the active, reserve and national guard components and then followed by various civilian, um, groups that have applied to be included in the parade. along the entire parade route is a military cordone. that is...
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[applause] [inaudible conversations] know for for navy, let's go. [laughter] [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> your own personal stairmaster here. [applause] >> come on back market. [applause] come on, mark. [applause] [cheers and applause] >> mark -- [inaudible] >> senator mark kirk, just a few moments before the senate gavels in the 113th session today. the senate is in recess right now subject to the call of the chair. when they return we will have live coverage on c-span2. back now live as to the old senate chamber. the senate continues the mock swearing-in of members, just finishing up with wisconsin center tammy baldwin. >> -- senator tammy baldwin. >> god love you. >> all right. [inaudible conversations] >> raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that you will bear the true faith and allegiance to the same; that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that you will well
[applause] [inaudible conversations] know for for navy, let's go. [laughter] [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> your own personal stairmaster here. [applause] >> come on back market. [applause] come on, mark. [applause] [cheers and applause] >> mark -- [inaudible] >> senator mark kirk, just a few moments before the senate gavels in the 113th session today. the senate is in recess right now subject to the call of the chair. when they return we will have live coverage...
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we have the marine corps, the navy, incredibly good security and service people. why don't we rely more on them? >> well, that is an excellent question, he and you brought back some sad memories talking about losses that occurred in el salvador. we do rely primarily on the host nation support, but we have to take a harder look at the commitment and the capacity of the host nations, and therefore in places all over the world, we also have private security guards, some armed, some unarmed. we have marine guards at many places in the 152 at least demonstrated a line of defense. but we have to more and when you ask why do we rely on these? in part because we don't have military assets everywhere and if you look at the those iowa at -- those had morrill mullen we have to look at the state and dod but it's not realistic in his words to tother our military to every high risk post. part of what we're trying to struggle through with is how do we make our facilities as secure as possible without turning them into a fortress is because our diplomats are are not soldiers. feb
we have the marine corps, the navy, incredibly good security and service people. why don't we rely more on them? >> well, that is an excellent question, he and you brought back some sad memories talking about losses that occurred in el salvador. we do rely primarily on the host nation support, but we have to take a harder look at the commitment and the capacity of the host nations, and therefore in places all over the world, we also have private security guards, some armed, some unarmed....
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expensing this illness to a particular concern to me as a veteran of some who served 22 years in the navy, obligation our nation owes our veterans deserve the mental-health services they need to support their incredible resilient and move towards recovery. nearly 30% of our returning veterans will have a mental health condition requiring treatment. studies have shown more than 80% of veterans have posted that stress disorder, major depression or both. the challenging legacy of service given by these men and women present in virtually every community across the country. the numbers are much greater than we originally thought in 2003, and will reverberate throughout the military and civilian military how this system for years to come. finally, i would like to tell the committee about a program that counselors brought to this country of mental health. we believe it's an exciting new public health approach to educating communities about mental illness. you may know the mental disorders began manifesting themselves by early as 14 years of age. according to the american psychiatric association,
expensing this illness to a particular concern to me as a veteran of some who served 22 years in the navy, obligation our nation owes our veterans deserve the mental-health services they need to support their incredible resilient and move towards recovery. nearly 30% of our returning veterans will have a mental health condition requiring treatment. studies have shown more than 80% of veterans have posted that stress disorder, major depression or both. the challenging legacy of service given by...
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that has been as navy pilot. we don't keep guns. you know, have great respect for guns. my dad used to take down his ranch in new mexico in teach me how to shoot. i have great respect for them. but if you remember what she chiefs a little while ago, he said it takes a great deal of training for police officer to shoot a weapon in action. teachers are teachers and maybe think about elementary teachers, elementary teachers just love kids. they're not going to go sit on the floor on iraq and we took the kids at the gun at their head. there was some very insensitive individual who will go unnamed but immediately after this, na did not watch tv after this, made some claim that if done huckster on had a weapon in her death, she could've taken care of it. number one, she wasn't at her desk a good principle is. that means she would have to carry that she whipped around. but what about the athletic individual who shot himself in the foot. how many kids could it get entered with an experienced elementary teachers working with guns. it's not even logical. i people do tell me they n
that has been as navy pilot. we don't keep guns. you know, have great respect for guns. my dad used to take down his ranch in new mexico in teach me how to shoot. i have great respect for them. but if you remember what she chiefs a little while ago, he said it takes a great deal of training for police officer to shoot a weapon in action. teachers are teachers and maybe think about elementary teachers, elementary teachers just love kids. they're not going to go sit on the floor on iraq and we...
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., used by, really, ibf or if or the israeli navy in the recent conflict in gaza, and/or itself, would that have been acceptable under the license agreement? >> i think we have to see at the time. we have no evidence to date of any u.k. weapons or components in the situation. if we did, of course; we'd then assess them against the cry criteria. that's what happened in previous conflict and this one. >> would there be a check on that? >> o', yeah, absolutely, but we have not got any evidence to date. >> okay. just one question. >> the last one. >> and it's in relation to the situations of the west bank of gaza, well, in gaza. are you aware there's construction equipment and destruction equipment used to build the barrier in the west bank, inside the west bank, inside palestinian territory? made it very clear what u.k. policy is in those cases, which i'm grateful for, but has there been assessment? could there be assessment of what stage the use of equipment like that originates in the u.k. could be equipment that was subject to licensing? >> well, that's a wider question, really. that's
., used by, really, ibf or if or the israeli navy in the recent conflict in gaza, and/or itself, would that have been acceptable under the license agreement? >> i think we have to see at the time. we have no evidence to date of any u.k. weapons or components in the situation. if we did, of course; we'd then assess them against the cry criteria. that's what happened in previous conflict and this one. >> would there be a check on that? >> o', yeah, absolutely, but we have not...
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a negotiation law that congress passed in 1943 that allows the government to renegotiate, allow the navy and war department to renegotiate contracts where they felt that the charges in terms of costs are exorbitant. and that really did happen in one of the reasons was a contract would pay certain costs of raw materials, for example, by then its production takes off, the costs would go down. and so one way for companies, aircraft companies in particular to get around an excess profit tax and that surcharge was you just voluntarily renegotiate the contract, reduce the numbers of costs and the process. your profit goes down. your profit maker down but it's not going to be taxed at that excess profit kind of a level. and small businesses, there was a big battle over small businesses which you can read about in the book. there was a lot of fear in congress that the contractors are going to control everything. gm and ford and general electric and westinghouse, and the little guy will get nothing. there was even a small business defense contract committee that was set up. there was a big crusad
a negotiation law that congress passed in 1943 that allows the government to renegotiate, allow the navy and war department to renegotiate contracts where they felt that the charges in terms of costs are exorbitant. and that really did happen in one of the reasons was a contract would pay certain costs of raw materials, for example, by then its production takes off, the costs would go down. and so one way for companies, aircraft companies in particular to get around an excess profit tax and...
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navy as served athe navy and marine corps chaplain in posts around the world. during his time in the service, he sprfsed drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs and worked as a liaison with the
navy as served athe navy and marine corps chaplain in posts around the world. during his time in the service, he sprfsed drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs and worked as a liaison with the
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navy as served athe navy and marine corps chaplain in posts around the world. during his time in the service, he sprfsed drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs and worked as a liaison with the american red cross. after the war, jack left the priesthood. but in some ways, he never stopped being a chaplain, in the sense that he never wavered from his steadfast belief in social justice. he carried that belief forward in a career that made the world a better place. working for congress, the federal government, the illinois hospital association, the catholic health association and the american dental education association. many got to know jack through his work as the lead lobbyist for the catholic health association. they also learned how hard it was to say no to jack. without the catholic health association, jack worked closely with first lady hillary clinton and the white house two to have develop a plan for reforming the nation's health care system. while at the american dej education association, he was instrumental in improving access to dental care for the
navy as served athe navy and marine corps chaplain in posts around the world. during his time in the service, he sprfsed drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs and worked as a liaison with the american red cross. after the war, jack left the priesthood. but in some ways, he never stopped being a chaplain, in the sense that he never wavered from his steadfast belief in social justice. he carried that belief forward in a career that made the world a better place. working for congress, the...
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one for the army, one for the navy, one for the air force, all of them different. they're still taking care of the same diseases among the same group of people, but we have a bureaucracy. rather than one organization running that, we have three giant organizations running that. how stupid is that? is that pride of keeping everything within the air force or in the navy or in the army? when we're facing $1.3 trillion deficit this year -- that's what it's going to be at a minimum -- why would we not streamline that? why wouldn't we ask the hard questions? why wouldn't we do the things in line with common sense and prudence instead of a political spoils system? economic development, four different agencies, 80 separate programs, tons of waste, tons of duplication, tons of overlap, tons of fraud. you see, when you have 80 programs or 85 programs and the bureaucracies can't manage them, the gamers come in. the federal government this year will create over $800 billion worth of grants. i want you to think about that for a minute. somewhere between 1/4 and 1/5 of our budge
one for the army, one for the navy, one for the air force, all of them different. they're still taking care of the same diseases among the same group of people, but we have a bureaucracy. rather than one organization running that, we have three giant organizations running that. how stupid is that? is that pride of keeping everything within the air force or in the navy or in the army? when we're facing $1.3 trillion deficit this year -- that's what it's going to be at a minimum -- why would we...